Friedrich Schey von Koromla

Friedrich Schey Freiherr von Koromla (5 March 1815, in Kőszeg – 15 July 1881, in Lainz) was an Austrian banker.

Friedrich Schey was the son of a wealthy Jewish owner of a trading company in Güns (now Kőszeg).

In 1859, together with his uncle, Philipp Schey (1798-1881), under the honorific Edler as well as the preposition of von Koromla;[2] In 1860 he received the civil and political rights of the city of Vienna.

He was a member of the board of directors of the Theissbahn from its foundation in 1856, became president of the Empress Elisabeth Railway in 1861, and led the negotiations for its nationalization, which was finally completed in 1884.

In 1862, Friedrich Schey von Koromla received the Order of the Iron Crown Third Class and decorations from Prussia, France, Russia, Brazil, Mexico and other countries.